Video: Soarin' over Volusia coastline with KiteCam

Okay, actually, I broke it trying to fly the old, two-line stunt kite in near tropical-force winds asHurricane Irene approached 200 miles offshore the Volusia county coastline, Thursday.

I fixed it. Then I broke it again.

I've been flying stunt kites for more than 3 decades, and decided to create KiteCam by strapping one of Team Florida 360's Go Pro video cameras to fly over the beach in north Ormond on an ancient, 25-year-old delta kite called a 'Hawaiian Spin-Off.'

In it's day in the early '80s, the Hawaiian Spin-Off was a pioneer in stunt kite flying, manufactured by the now-defunct Top of the Line kite company. Today many TOTL kites are retired, worn out or --in my case-- being battered in tropical winds to ferry a camera aloft for a different perspective on hurricane-generated waves coming ashore.

Nonetheless, the Hawaiian Spin-Off did a yeoman's job in providing flight in this wild-ride video shot over Ormond Beach.

Photographer Joe Burbank can be reached at jburbank@orlandosentinel.com. Follow the Sentinel photo staff on Twitter @OSPhoto. Like us on Facebook: Orlando Sentinel Photography.